K. John Morrow, Jr.

K. John Morrow, Jr.

My training is in the field of genetics (PhD, University of Washington, Seattle).  I did post doctoral study at the Istituto di Geneticà, Universitá di Pavia, Italy and the Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia PA. I have extensive experience in the academic community, including faculty positions at the University of Kansas and the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. Currently I am an adjunct faculty member at Northern Kentucky University. I have authored over 60 peer-reviewed publications reporting original research in genetics, immunology, developmental biology, evolution, cancer biology and animal science.

 I have been the principal investigator or co-principal investigator on over $2.5M of federal and privately funded research grants, and I was the principal investigator on a small business innovative research grant (SBIR) from the National Institutes of Health to Meridian Biosciences, Inc.

In addition to my academic experience, I have been associated with Meridian Bioscience, Inc., an immunodiagnostics firm located in Cincinnati, for the last 15  years. I was first Principle Investigator on a research project supported by the company, and later as Director of Biological Sciences Research at their Cincinnati facility. In addition to my involvement as a research scientist at Meridian, I have consulted for numerous private companies.

In 2009 I was awarded a Science Journalism Laureate for excellence in scientific writing from Purdue University.

On a personal note, my wife and I share an ancient Italianate Victorian town house in Newport, Kentucky with three cats and enough plants to reverse global warming.

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  Morrow discusses biosafety issues with Dorothy Elsaesser, Cincinnati Children's Hospital biosafety officer